tipech

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[–] tipech@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, that's exactly my point, not a thing in Greece 😄

In North American Greek restaurants they have this little show/ceremony thing where during serving a plate of saghanaki they light it on fire (flambé-style) and shout "Opa!". It's meant to look like a traditional Greek thing (no doubt influenced by movies like Zorba the Greek, that movie is responsible for so many cultural inaccuracies).

[–] tipech@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Looks awesome, great job!

As a sidenote, you'd never ever see whole "Opa!" thing in Greece, it was just an invention of Greek restaurant owners in US to attract tourists (much like fortune cookies). I know I should just be dismissing it as harmless, but for some reason it always annoys me when I see it :D

Once again though, great job! It looks absolutely delicious and I bet it was super tasty.